Men's Tennis

No. 7 WashU Races Past Rose-Hulman in NCAA 2nd Round

May 10, 2019

St. Louis, Mo., May 10, 2019 – The No. 7-ranked Washington University in St. Louis men's tennis team used a doubles sweep to propel the Bears past Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology 6-0 in the second round of the 2019 NCAA Division III Championship Friday at Tao Tennis Center in St. Louis.

WashU snapped a two-match losing streak and improved to 18-7, while Rose-Hulman had its 13-match win streak snapped and ended the season at 14-10.

Notes: • WashU has won 13-straight NCAA Second Round Matches
• The Bears have swept doubles play 11 times this season
• Rose-Hulman had not lost since March 23 – a 5-4 defeat Augustana
• Neves moved into ninth all-time in wins (135)
• Kozlowski is now 19th in school history with 111 victories
• The doubles win for Kozlowski was the 80thof his career
• Hillis picked up his 40th win of the season (40-12)
• Vishnubhotla upped his career win total to 90 in his four-year career
• Roger Follmer has guided WashU to 18 or more wins in 13 of the last 14 years

Up Next: WashU takes on the winner of No. 27 Kalamazoo College and the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Saturday at Noon in the regional championship match.